Tie-holder



J. CRNOEV,

TIE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED MR. 7. 1921.

1,400,663w Patented Dec. 20, 1921.,

TIE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 23d, ill'ii.

Application filed March '7, 1921. Serial No 50,335.

my intention oi becomin a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Los Arr soles, in the county of lies i ingeles and State of Californian have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie-Holders, oi? which the following is a SPGC-lliCfltlOH. This invention relates to an improved tie holder and has tor its object to provide a device upon which a tomr-in-hand tie is t ed and havingmeans for attaching the device upon a collar button with said means adj ust' able to vary the relative height of the tie; and to provide means adapted to engage and hold down the adjacent ends of: a collar.

Various other objects and advantages will be more fully apparent trom the following description of the accompanying drawings which form apart of this disclosure, and which illustrate a preferred form of embodiment of the invention.

(if the drawings: Figural. is a front elevation of the device and tie as worn.

Fig. 2 is aaperspective view of the tie holder.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of: the device and tie showing engagement with the collar button.

Fig. 4 is a detailed View or" the spring hinge connection.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modified form of the device.

The device has a body member 1 which is preferably formed of a single piece of wire stool: bent to the form illustrated with the ends twisted together and terminating with opposed coiled spring ends 2 forming a hinge journal for a connecting clevis member 3. The tension of the wire stock tends to separate the coiled ends 2 and the outer coil of each end is formed to provide a rounded cam or hump with which the adjacent limb of the clevis member 3 en gages and over which it rides when swung from one position to another. in the open position, illustrated in Figs. 2 and e, the limbs of the member 3 are positioned upon one side of the companion humps 4 and when swung to the'closed position shown in 3 the limbs ride over said humps to positions on the opposite sides thereof, the coiled ends 2 being forced toward each other, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. d; during the movement of the member This hinge connection "functions to frictionally maintain the member in either open orclosed position.

l lingedly joined to the opposite end of the member 3 is a "frame 5 providing two parallel slide limbs and slidable upon said limbs is supporting member 6. The member (3 is preferably made of wire stock formed to provide a transverse bridge limb "4' with the ends wounl around the limbs of the frame 5 in coil spring; formation'and then transversely crossed to form a second bridge limb S'substantially parallel. with the limb 7 and spaced therefrom to term an intermediate receiving throat. The ends of the wire stock *are again wound around the limbs of the frame fiend pro ie outwardly and are provided with sharpened hooked ends 9.

In use. the iounin-hand tie 10 is tied upon the body member 1 and the clevis member 3 swung to closed position against the back surface of the tie. The tie holder and tie are then inserted under the collar 11 as shown in Fig. 1 and the supporting member 6 engaged over the collar button 12, (see Figs. and 3), the hinge limbs 7 and 8 be ing separated by the head of the collar button during the insertionnthereof in the re ceiving throat and then returning to normal as the heady of the collar button passes through. This form of s1 ring snap sup porting member permits engagement with any ordinary form or size of collar button.

After engagement with the collar button or before, the supporting member 6 may be adjusted along the frame fi to regulate the height of the tie relative to the position of the collar button so to bring the tie to a properheight relative to the height of the collar.

WVith the tie properly positioned to be worn with a softcollar. the opposite corners of the collar may be hoc-lredupon the hook ends 9 while with a hard collar said. hook ends are not utilized.

This mechanism provides a tie holder having a supp'ortin means adapted to engage a collar button and be slidably adjusted to regulate the height of the tie and having means for engaging the ends of a collar;

In the modified form of device shown in ing a substantially T-shaped' body withits shank formed'to provide opposed cam pro jections yieldingly urged outwardly, a member'hingedly connected to the shank and cooperating with the cam projections to yieldingly maintain said member in closed position toward the shank or in openposition away from the shank, and means carried by said member and adapted to engage a collar button.

2. A device of the class described combining a substantially T-shaped body with its shank formed to provide opposed cam projections yieldingly urged outwardly, a member hingedly connected tothe shank and cooperating with the cam projections to yieldingly maintain said member in closed position toward the shank or in open position away from the shank, a second member hingedly connected to the free end of the first member, and means carried by said sec- 0nd member and adapted to engage a collar button. p p

3. A device. of the class described combining a substantially T-shaped body upon which aiour-in-hand tie may be tied, a member hingedly connected with the lower end of the body and providing relatively spaced parallel limbs, and a supporting member slidable on said limbs and having spaced transvers bridge-limbs forming an intermediate throat with the bridge limbs yieldingly maintained in spaced relation.

4. A .device of the class described combining a substantially T-shaped body upon which a iour-in-hand tie may be tied, a clevis member hinged to the lower end of the body, a frame hinged to the clevis member, and a supporting member slidable on the frame and having a receiving throat adapted to receive the headof a collar button. V

5. A device of the class described combining a substantially 'T-shaped body upon which a four-in-hand tie may be tied, a

member hingedly connected to the lower end "of thebody,'a supporting device slidable inga substantially T-shaped body upon which a four-in-hand tie may be tied, a connecting member hinged to the lower end of the body, a frame hinged to theupper end of the connecting member, a supporting member slidable on the frame and adapted to engage and be supported by a collar button, and collar engaging tangs carried by the supporting member.

7. In a device of the class described the combination with a substantially T-shaped body formed of wire having the ends coiled to provide hinge bearings at the lower end of the shank and tensionedto urge said bearings away from each other, of a member engaginginto said bearings, and means carried bysaid member and adapted to engage a collar button, the bearings having cam projections coiiperating with said member to yieldingly maintain it in closed or open position toward or away from the shank. I l

S. In a device of the class described the combination with a substantially T-shaped body "formed of wire having vthe ends coiled to provide hinge bearings at the lower end of the shank and tensioned to urge said bearings outwardly, or" a member engaging into said bearings, a second member hing edly connected to the free end of the first member, and means carried by the second member and adapted to engage a collar button, the bearings having cam projections cooperating with said first member to yieldingly maintaln it in closed or open position toward or away from th shank.

9. A device of the class described combining a body upon which a neck-tie may be tied, a member hingedly connected to the body, and a supporting elementcarried by said member and adapted to engage a collar button, said element being slidably connected to said member whereby the body carrying the tie may be vertically adjusted while said element is in engagement with the collar button. I I

10. A device of the class described com-. bining a body upon which a necktie may be tied, a member hingedly connected to th body,-a second member hingedly connected to the first "member, and a supporting element carried by the second member and adapted to engage a collar button, said element being shdably'connected to said second member whereby the body c-arrying'the tie may be vertically adjustedwhile said element is in engagement with the collar but-' ton.

Signed at LosAngeles, California, this 25th day of February, 1921.

y a JAN ORNOEV. Witnesses:

CLARENCE B. FOSTER, L. BELLE WEAVER. 

